California father suspected of abandoning 6-year-old daughter in car is rescued from ocean

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A 39-year-old Carpinteria father who allegedly abandoned his young daughter for hours on Monday had to be rescued from the ocean by the U.S. Coast Guard after officials say he swam away from them, according to a news release from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.

At about 11:30 p.m. Monday, authorities responded to reports of a six-year-old girl crying and looking for her father, according to the release.

Her father reportedly pulled over to use the bathroom at Viola Fields, a park in the 6100 block of Carpinteria Avenue in Carpinteria, and left the child in the vehicle for hours, the Sheriff’s Office said.

According to the release, the child eventually got out and went looking for her dad in the dark parking lot, eventually finding a custodian at a business in the 6200 block of Carpinteria Avenue and asking for help.

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